Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)

Crime and Punishment
Film still with Tala Birell and Douglass Dumbrille
Directed by	Josef von Sternberg
Produced by	B.P. Schulberg
Written by	Joseph Anthony S.K. Lauren
Based on	Crime and Punishment 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Starring	Peter Lorre Edward Arnold Marian Marsh Tala Birell Gene Lockhart Mrs Patrick Campbell
Music by	R.H. Bassett Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Richard Cahoon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	November 22, 1935 (1935-11-22) (U.S.)
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Crime and Punishment is a 1935 film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures.^[1] The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion).

Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing that it was "no more related to the true text of the novel than the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower is related to the Russian environment."^[2]

The Library of Congress holds a print.^[3]

Cast

Peter Lorre - Roderick Raskolnikov
Edward Arnold - Inspector Porfiry
Marian Marsh - Sonya
Tala Birell - Antonya Raskolnikov
Elizabeth Risdon - Mrs. Raskolnikov (as Elisabeth Risdon)
Robert Allen - Dmitri
Douglas Dumbrille - Grilov
Gene Lockhart - Lushin
Charles Waldron - University President
Thurston Hall - Editor
Johnny Arthur - Clerk
Mrs. Patrick Campbell - Pawnbroker

References

↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Crime and Punishment
↑ IMDB trivia
↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.37 c.1978 by American Film Institute

External links

Crime and Punishment at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie
Crime and Punishment at the TCM Movie Database
Crime and Punishment at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Josef von Sternberg

Silent films	The Salvation Hunters The Exquisite Sinner A Woman of the Sea Underworld The Last Command The Drag Net The Docks of New York The Case of Lena Smith

Sound films	Thunderbolt The Blue Angel Morocco Dishonored An American Tragedy Shanghai Express Blonde Venus The Scarlet Empress The Devil Is a Woman Crime and Punishment The King Steps Out I, Claudius (unfinished) Sergeant Madden The Shanghai Gesture The Town Macao Anatahan Jet Pilot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (1866)

Characters	Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov

Film adaptations	Raskolnikow Crime and Punishment (1935) Fear Crime and Punishment (1970) Neramu Siksha Jurm Aur Sazaa Crime and Punishment (1983) Elu Suttina Kote Without Compassion Crime and Punishment (1998) Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Crime and Punishment (2002) Crime and Punishment (2002 TV film) Student

Other	Crime and Punishment (manga) Crime and Punishment (play)

See also	Match Point

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